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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1996
Shigeo Onoda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Ochi, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ohbuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IC card (1) has a shape of a substantially flat rectangular parallelepiped. The IC card (1) has electronic devices (2) including integrated circuits, a substrate (3) and a frame (5) for supporting the electronic devices (2), a first panel (6c) covering the upper surface of the frame (5), and a second panel (6d) covering the lower surface of the frame (5). Hereupon, the first panel (6c) is directly mounted to the frame (5) in such a manner that each of the left and right end portions (15) of the first panel (6c) is bent twice in accordance with the outer surface of the frame (5) and further each of edges of the left and right end portions (15) is fastened to the lower surface of the frame (5).